FISHER et al. v. CITY OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, et al. (1986)

FISHER et al. v. CITY OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, et al.
	Term: 1985
Important Dates
	Argued: November 12, 1985
	Decided: February 26, 1986
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Lewis Powell
Dissenting
	William Brennan

FISHER et al. v. CITY OF BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1986. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1985.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: California
Citation: 475 U.S. 260
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.